Île Bizard

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Île Bizard is an island near the Island of Montreal in the Hochelaga Archipelago.

It was formerly a separate municipality named L'Île-Bizard, but is now part of the city of Montreal, in the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève.

The Jacques-Bizard bridge connects it across the Rivière des Prairies with Sainte-Geneviève on the Island of Montreal. There is also a very short cable ferry connection to Île Jésus (Laval), which does not operate in winter.

There is a large park in the interior of the island with nature trails. There is also a small beach at Pointe-aux-Carrières that faces the Lac des Deux-Montagnes. The Royal Montreal Golf Club is located on the island.

Historically named Île Bonaventure, by 1723 it had come to be named Île Bizard, after Jacques Bizard, to whom it was conceded as a fief (seigneurie) in 1678. See Seigneurial system of New France.

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